Woman Charged Over New York Firefighter Ambush Gunfirefighter-ambush-gun/comments?type=story&id=18084774

Dec. 28, 2012

Authorities have charged a woman for allegedly providing a convicted killer with the Bushmaster AR-15 assault rifle he used when he ambushed four volunteer firefighters and an off-duty cop at a fire scene in upstate New York on Christmas Eve, federal prosecutors said.

Quoting: Indysmindy

Why the hell did a convicted killer have an AR-15 in the first place???

Maybe the US really should re-consider its gun laws..

Quoting: Canadian_Bacon

Because the woman illegally gave it to him. It was against the law for her to give him the rifle, it was against the law for the felon to posses it, it was against the law for the felon to use it in the commission of a felony, it was against the law to murder the fireman, it was against the law to shoot at the police and it was against the law to set fire to the house to draw the fireman to the scene.

What law shall we pass to prevent this?

Quoting: Copperhead

thats the best yet for removing assualt rifles from the general population.

Quoting: Anonymous Coward 31038269

I'd rather remove the mental defectives from the general population. Spengler should have been put to death for the murder of his Grandmother back in 1980 (with a claw hammer by the way) or kept in prison for life. If he was kept off the streets this would have never happened.